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Extjs 6.0.1 Commercial
Extjs 6.0.1 Commercial
Sencha Ext JS provides everything a developer needs to build data-intensive, cross-platform web applications. Ext JS leverages HTML5 features on modern browsers. Ext JS features 115+ high-performance, pre-tested and integrated UI components including calendar, grids, charts and more. The Ext JS Grid and Advanced Charting package can handle millions of records with ease. The framework includes a robust data package that can consume data from any back-end data source. With Sencha Pivot Grid and D3 adapter, organizations can add leading-edge visualization and analytics capabilities to their web applications. See a comparison with other frameworks.
The rich set of Ext JS tools and themes help improve development productivity and accelerate the delivery of great looking web applications. Tools are available to help with application design, development, theming, and debugging as well as build optimization and deployment.
Sencha Test is a complementary product and is the most comprehensive unit and end-to-end testing solution for Ext JS Apps. Learn more about Sencha Test.
Pre-Integrated and Tested UI Components
Ext JS Pre-Integrated and Tested UI Components
Ext JS includes the industry's most comprehensive collection of pre-integrated and tested high-performance UI components. These components include HTML5 calendar, grids, pivot grid, D3 adapter, trees, lists, forms, menus, toolbars, panels, windows, and much more. Hundreds of user extensions are also available from the Sencha community.
The Sencha Grid enables organizations to handle millions of records and provides out-of-the-box functionality such as sorting, grouping, column locking, and summary rows.
The Ext JS Calendar component helps you easily view/manage schedules and events within your Ext JS apps. By leveraging this component, you can easily add a fully-functional calendar to your apps without investing a lot of time and effort in building one. To learn more, watch this video.
Rich Data Analytics
Data Analytics - Pivot Grid
Ext JS enables organizations to add powerful analytics capabilities to their web applications with Sencha Pivot Grid. It allows users to summarize, aggregate and analyze multidimensional data to make more informed decisions. To learn more, watch this video.
The Sencha Grid enables organizations to handle millions of records and provides out- of- the- box functionality such as sorting, grouping, column locking, and summary rows.
The Exporter plugin enables you to export your Ext JS Grid and Pivot Grid data in a variety of different formats. It supports the standard XLSX, XML, CSV, TSV, and HTML formats, and allows you to configure the visible (displayed) or invisible (hidden) portions of your data exports. The Exporter plugin also supports basic styling of the exported documents. To learn more, watch this video.
Sophisticated Data Visualization
Data Visualization
The D3 Adapter enables you to add sophisticated Data-Driven Documents package (D3) visualizations such as heatmaps, treemaps, sunbursts, and more to your web applications. Now you can create dynamic visualizations that not only tell a specific story, but also help your users to explore their data and understand what stories it has to tell. To learn more, watch this video.
The Ext JS Charting package allows you to visually represent data with a broad range of dynamic and static charts — including line, bar, and pie charts. The charts use surfaces and sprites developed with a drawing package implemented using SVG, VML, and Canvas technologies. Browser variations are handled automatically, so the charts always display correctly. Ext JS Charts also support touch gestures on mobile devices, thereby providing enhanced interactive features to the charts such as pan, zoom, and pinch.
Back-end Agnostic Data Package
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The robust data package included in Ext JS decouples the UI components from the data layer. The data package allows client-side collections of data using highly functional models that offer features such as sorting and filtering. The data package is protocol agnostic, and can consume data from any back-end source. It comes with session management capabilities that allow several client-side operations, minimizing round-trips to the server.
Layout Manager and Responsive Configs
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Ext JS includes a flexible layout manager to help organize the display of data and content across multiple browsers, devices, and screen sizes. It helps you to control the display of components, even for the most complex user interfaces. Ext JS also provides a responsive config system that allows application components to adapt to specific device orientation (landscape or portrait) or available browser window size.
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Customizable Built-In Themes
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Ext JS components are available in multiple built-in themes including Material, Triton, Classic, Neptune, and Crisp. The themes are customizable to reflect a specific brand identity. Sencha Cmd exposes hundreds of variables used by Ext JS themes, which can be altered to design custom themes.
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Sencha Cmd is the cornerstone for building your Ext JS applications. Cmd provides a full set of lifecycle management features including scaffolding, code minification, transpilation from ES6, dynamic package loading, build generation for progressive web apps, and more, to complement your Sencha projects.
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Themer enables you to quickly and easily design customized application themes using graphical tools – without writing code. Themer gives you access to all Ext JS components and inspection tools to set fine-grained styles and generate theme packages with dynamic stylesheets.
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"Strong home sales continued in July, with a substantial rebound over last summer's slow-down brought about by higher mortgage rates, new lending guidelines and misconceptions about the HST. The greatest rebound was seen in the condominium apartment segment in the City of Toronto," said Toronto Real Estate Board President Richard Silver. "If the current pace of sales holds up, we could see the second best year on record under the current TREB market area."
The average selling price in July was $459,122 – up by almost ten per cent compared to the July 2010 average of $418,675.
"Tight market conditions have boosted the annual rate of price growth this year. However, the listings situation is starting to improve. A better supplied market later this year and into 2012 would lead to a more sustainable rate of price growth," said Jason Mercer, TREB's Senior Manager of Market Analysis
The trademarks MLS®, Multiple Listing Service® and the associated logos are owned by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) and identify the quality of services provided by real estate professionals who are members of CREA. Used under license. The trademarks REALTOR®, REALTORS®, and the REALTOR® logo are controlled by The Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) and identify real estate professionals who are members of CREA.
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River rescue crews prepare for storm
Department had 16 rescues during 2011 flooding
Emergency crews all over the Susquehanna Valley are preparing for Hurricane Sandy's push.
The potential for rising water has rescuers concerned along the Lancaster County side of the Susquehanna River.
The Blue Rock Fire Rescue has three fire rescue boats ready for the pending storm.
During the flood of 2011, river rescue crews were called to 16 water rescues in just the West Lancaster area.
Firefighters held a meeting to "get their ducks in an order" on Saturday.
The fire company is made up of four stations and is all-volunteer.
They were told to be in the station, not at home during the storm.
While the firefighters aren't exactly sure how Sandy will affect them, they fear it won't be good and that any plan is better than no plan.
"We're ready to go at a moment's notice," said Brett Graham of Blue Rock Fire Rescue. "We have the luxury of having a bit of a heads up. We just want to make sure we have the guys around. We want to make sure when those calls come in, we're out the door."
Blue Rock Fire Rescue covers 53 square miles in Lancaster County.
The firefighters will start staffing crews around the clock beginning at 6 a.m. Monday, until at least 6 a.m. on Wednesday.
Firefighters also stressed that they don't want to have to put boats in the water. A lot of times, those rescues are the result of people driving into standing water.
Harrisburg started setting up traffic control barrels along the roads just so they are ready in case of flooding.
McClay and Cameron streets are often the first places to flood in the Harrisburg area.
Barrels will be placed to stop people from driving into rising waters.
There is a new law in Pennsylvania that prohibits ignoring road closing signs. Drivers that go around the barricades will be fined. Fines can be thousands of dollars if fire and rescue crews have to be called to rescue a driver.
Susquehanna River dams could also see a lot of rising water.
Power company Exelon had operators drain extra water from the low-side of Lancaster County's Safe Harbor Dam on Saturday.
A warning was issued to fishermen to beware of changing water levels in the public fishing area.


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Some of Jeremy Martinez' friends called him Ju Ju Bear.
Others had just nicknamed him "Bubblicious" after he told them, "I come in different flavors baby."
Jeremy Martinez
He was funny, happy and had a flair that attracted a lot of friends.
He was only 14 when he rode in a car with four friends and was shot to death.
Just after 2 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 13, 2001, a green SUV pulled up next to the car Martinez was in on eastbound Interstate-70 near the Pecos Street exit.
A passenger in the SUV pointed a hand gun out his window and fired two shots.
One bullet flew into the packed car and struck Martinez in the head.
The suspect car sped away. No one in the car has ever been held accountable for what happened nearly 14 years ago.
Martinez was taken to Denver Health Medical Center and treated. The next day on Sunday morning he was pronounced dead.
The boy had been a 9th grader at Millennium Quest Science and Medicine High School, one of three small schools on the Manual High School complex.
Police soon learned from the other boys in the car that they had all just been at a 7-Eleven at 44th Avenue and Federal Boulevard when several males confronted the boys inside the store.
The boys left the store and drove onto I-70. The suspects apparently followed the car Martinez was in onto the freeway.
Following his murder, staff members at his school set up a shrine.


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Aquatic Arthritis
March 20, 12:15pm - March 14, 12:15pm
All classes are FREE (no additional charge) for members. Members can drop-in with no sign up necessary.
Class is located in the shallow end of the recreation pool. Class is led by a certified Arthritis Foundation Instructor. Participants are led through a program designed to increase mobility and flexibility with the assistance of the warm water. Taught by Joy Nowels, Exercise Specialist.


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DeWitt Charter Township Clerk's Office
1401 W. Herbison Road
DeWitt, MI 48820
Phone: (517) 668-0270
Fax: (517) 668-0277
E-mail: email@example.com
Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., Monday - Friday
Adam Cramton, Clerk
Laurie Kulhanek, Deputy Clerk
Responsibilities of the Township Clerk
The Clerk's Office is responsible for maintaining all official records of the Township including ordinances, resolutions, contracts and correspondence. As a voting member of the Board of Trustees, the Clerk also prepares and maintains Board minutes and agendas. Administering elections in the Township, is an ongoing responsibility, which includes conducting voter registrations, maintaining the Michigan Qualified Voter File, issuing absentee ballots and providing other voter assistance as necessary.
Other responsibilities of the Clerk include acting as the Township's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) coordinator, managing the Township cemeteries, accounts payable, general accounting, scheduling Township facilities, and providing general information to Township residents.
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Product Features
Sony PSP Red & Black Carry Case Bag
Soft But Durable Nylon Black With Padded Interior
Zip Pocket Inside Bag On The Top Lid
Handle & Shoulder Strap Which Is Adjustable
Official TGC Branded Product
Internal dimensions of the bag are: Width: 200mm - Depth: 120mm - Height: 100mm
Product Description
The Sony PSP Red & Black Carry Case Bag is the perfect holder for your console. Within the bag you will be able to fit your PSP console, your charger, a few games and stylus pens.
These travel bags are great for going on holiday, long journeys or keeping everything in one place.
What's in the box
1 x Sony PSP Red & Black Carry Case Bag


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A world without letters would be a cold one. It's a world that may quickly be upon us. As digital communication grows, the art of letter writing fades.
Imagine a soldier fighting overseas, without a folded piece of hope to carry in his pocket. Or a child in the hospital without those paper hugs from relatives far away. Handwritten words of intimacy conquer any distance or length of time. Let's not lose something so important.
Help save the US Postal Service by pledging to write one letter a month, and help keep a part of our heritage alive.


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D. Dorsey Moss Construction Lab
Hands–on lab assembling construction materials. Students construct and deconstruction a house, masonry walls, concrete forms and testing, and a two story steel structure. The lab is also used for construction demonstrations for summer camps, Girls Scout Miss Fix-It Badge, and student clubs for construction projects.


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Just bought tickets to see Eric Clapton in March. Not sure what to expect but I'm looking forward to it.
Got Clutch next week and bought Zakk tickets this morning.
Quote from: evenflow on March 18, 2013, 03:22 PMGot Clutch next week and bought Zakk tickets this morning.Nice, I hope Clutch plays some of the cool old stuff like "Rats" or "Juggernaut".
Quote from: Diddly on November 30, 2012, 11:10 AMJust bought tickets to see Eric Clapton in March. Not sure what to expect but I'm looking forward to it.How about expecting a FREAKING AWESOME SHOW! The Wallflowers opened and they sucked (played 6 songs and were out for 45 minutes) but Clapton tore the house down... played for around 2.5 hours and played all of his big hits, plus a few of the blues songs I'm not familiar with. Brought Jimmy Vaughn on stage for a Stevie Ray tribute song at one point.Money WELL spent.
Got tickets for the farewell Motley Crue tour (with Alice Cooper) when it hits Chicago in August. I've never seen Alice Cooper before, so I'm really excited to catch this show.
So I was determined to get tickets to see the Allmans during their month-long residency at one of the best venues in New York.
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Match Report
Olivier Giroud netted his first Premier League goal as Arsenal came from behind to beat West Ham 3-1 at Upton Park.
The Gunners had seen their unbeaten start to the new season ended by a 2-1 home defeat against leaders Chelsea last weekend.
• Blog: Arteta the pivot in victory
• Wenger and Walcott praise Cazorla
However, Arsene Wenger's men, who beat Olympiacos in the Champions League on Wednesday night, showed great character to recover from conceding an early goal to Mohamed Diame.
France striker Giroud, a £12million summer signing from Montpellier, netted from close range just ahead of half-time, with substitute Theo Walcott slotting home another on the break before industrious Spaniard Santi Cazorla struck a superb 25-yard effort.
Arsenal left-back Kieran Gibbs, though, limped off in the second half, which could be a concern for England, although West Ham striker Andy Carroll did complete the full 90 minutes on his recovery from a hamstring problem.
Before kick-off, there was a well-observed minute's applause for former West Ham defender John Bond, who passed away recently.
Arsenal started brightly as the recalled Giroud sent in a low shot from 20 yards which forced Jussi Jaaskelainen into action, before Cazorla had a goalbound shot blocked.
West Ham looked to utilise Carroll's presence whenever possible, but needed all the help they could get in their own penalty area as Arsenal continued to press.
First, Carl Jenkinson's cross was hacked behind and then Carroll knocked Cazorla's fierce drive over his own crossbar.
West Ham, though, snatched the lead against the run of play in the 21st minute.
The ball was worked down the left channel and Diame cut inside Aaron Ramsey to fire an angled drive into the top corner.
The Senegal midfielder was shown a yellow card for celebrating his first Irons' goal by running into the crowd – and was fortunate not to have then seen red after clattering into Mikel Arteta, instead just getting a final warning from referee Phil Dowd.
West Ham were now on the front foot, with Carroll's close-range header straight at Vito Mannone.
Arsenal had a chance to equalise when Giroud just failed to connect with Per Mertesacker's flicked header through the six-yard box.
The French striker, though, did bag his Premier League goal four minutes before half-time.
After winning the ball in midfield, Giroud stabbed it out to Lukas Podolski on the left. The German darted to the byline before cutting the ball back across goal – where Giroud arrived at pace to slot home.
West Ham, though, could easily have gone back in front just before the break when Kevin Nolan knocked the ball wide from close range after a free-kick into the Arsenal penalty area.
The Irons were fired up following the restart, forcing a succession of corners.
Arsenal left-back Gibbs hobbled off in the 55th minute, replaced by Brazilian Andre Santos – an injury concern for England ahead of their World Cup qualifiers.
Ryan Jarvis' shot-on-the-turn flew over as the hosts pressed again.
As the hour mark passed, Ricardo Vaz Te had to be substituted, by Matthew Taylor, after falling awkwardly on his arm after racing to a 50/50 with the Arsenal keeper.
Wenger looked to inject some fresh life into the visitors' attack when he sent on Walcott for Gervinho.
Walcott almost helped set up a goal when Cazorla's shot hit Ramsey and bobble in West Ham penalty area, his clever backheel was cut into the sidenetting by Giroud from a very tight angle.
The Irons went close moments later as Carroll knocked a deep cross wide after getting above Mannone.
The game was wide open now as both sides created chances, Cazorla firing off target after a jinking run before Mertesacker's last-gap tackle denied Nolan.
At the other end, Podolski's low drive was spilled behind by Jaaskelainen.
Arsenal broke away to take the lead with 13 minutes remaining.
Giroud fed Walcott, who timed his run to beat the offside trap, dart into the penalty area and beat the keeper with a low shot into the near post.
West Ham quickly spurned a chance to draw level when Nolan blasted over from 10 yards.
With 11 minutes left, Diame was replaced by Carlton Cole.
However, it was game over when, in the 83rd minute, the excellent Cazorla finally got his goal – lashing a sublime left-foot effort into the top-right corner from 25 yards.
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I Screw'd Up, Let's Smoke About It Card by kushkards!
- Give the ultimate stoner greeting card to your stoner friends & family!
- Just loosen the strings & add a pre-roll!
- Each kushkard comes with an assorted color envelope & a book of matches!
- Dimensions: 5" x 7"
*Pre-roll pictured is not included. It is illegal to ship any products containing marijuana in the mail.*


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Did you know that it takes 21 days to form a habit? Habits are created by repetition. The best way old habits may be broken is to form new habits, to counteract and replace the undesirable ones. Form new mental habits paths over which to travel, and soon the old ones will become less distinct.
So, congratulations! You went thru the hardest part of "sugar Detox"— the first 21 days. The next week is going to be so easy.
Most of us became accustomed with what to eat and not eat. Some became frustrated because I didn't give out a "diet plan." But if I did that, then you will always look for me for support. The people who give out diet plans are usually the ones who want to make money. I would rather give you tools for life and learn what makes your body feel as good as can be. Granted, it may take a few trials and errors, but at the end of the day you will have a way to eat for the rest of your life.
I keep on repeating myself, but I am so ecstatic about what we are doing. I am so energized by everyones excitement. I will give you a few examples; I was running down Ocean Parkway and I passed a good friend of mine, Flo Tebele on the other side. She hollers out from across the street, "I'm on the detox!!" I big smile spreads across my face. Another friend confides in me that she bought whole wheat food for the first time in her life. I instantly glowed.
And another close friend, Celie Haddad whispers in my ear that she is on the "Sugar Detox since she became influenced in August! That's almost 10 months! Celie is going to share her story with us on May 7th, our celebration day.
Speaking of celebrations, my birthday is on Saturday May 1. I so want to plan a birthday party for myself, and I would want nothing more than to share it with you! (I need to figure out a way to do that!) I guess, Eddie will just have to do! (Though he's not sugar detoxer) and no birthday cake for me! Don't feel bad, I am ecstatic to say no!


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Goshen College introduces new teaching and administrative faculty for 2008-09
Goshen College is pleased to announce and welcome new administrative and teaching faculty members for the 2008-09 academic year.
Get essential information about our academic programs, admissions & financial aid. Your admissions counselor will also follow up with specific questions.
Undergraduate Adult & Continuing Studies Graduate
If you're not a prospective student or parent, feel free to email general questions to firstname.lastname@example.com.
Visiting our campus is one of the best ways to get a feel for Goshen — from classes and dorms to the dining hall menu — and decide if it's a good fit for you. We are a friendly community where people are happy to answer your questions and show you around.
Take the next step!
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British Go Journal No. 62. July 1984. Page 7a.
Matthew Macfadyen
This is the second game reported from the tournament. The first game reported from the tournament was Macfadyen v. Budig.
Black: Hirata Hironori, 7d
White: Matthew Macfadyen, 6d
The game-file in and SGF format.
Figure 1 (1-70)
Figure 2a (71-100)
BGJ had Fig 2a and 2b as one diagram, Fig 2.
Figure 2b (101-147)
BGJ had Fig 2a and 2b as one diagram, Fig 2.
I [White] was at least 15 points behind when I resigned.
The impressive thing about this game is the calm way Hirata keeps his early lead, with-out ever having to dirty his hands in a fight. I never had a chance.


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Since its founding in 1988, North Heights Christian Academy has continued to offer an excellent, Christ-centered, kindergarten through 8th grade educational program.
As members of an exciting and vital ministry, we hope you will explore the many ways to become involved in the education of your children. Our certified, Christian staff offers advice and expertise that goes beyond the classroom. We pray that your experience and investment at NHCA will be a blessing to you and your children now and for years to come.
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DENVER, June 13 (UPI) -- Ryan Zimmerman hit a two-run homer and doubled home the go-ahead run in the eighth Thursday to bring Washington a 5-4 decision over Colorado.
The Nationals took two out of three in the series in the first segment of a nine-game road trip. Washington won a battle of the bull pens after neither starter made it past the sixth inning.
Colorado held a 3-2 lead heading into the seventh, but Washington's Ian Desmond scored the tying run in that inning on a balk and the Nationals struck for two more in the eighth.
Roger Bernadina and Zimmerman came through with back-to-back, one-out doubles to account for the tiebreaking run and Zimmerman scored later in the inning on a single by Desmond.
That second run became vital when Todd Helton's two-out, RBI single in the ninth brought the Rockies within one. Rafael Soriano picked up his 17th save when he got Jonathan Herrera on a line drive to shortstop that ended the game.
Craig Stammen (4-2) earned the victory with two innings of one-hit relief. Matt Belisle (4-3) gave up both of Washington's eighth-inning runs to take the loss.


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Levi's Wellthread stitches design together with worker well-being
Levi Strauss & Company's new Eureka innovation lab in San Francisco on Wednesday unveiled Dockers Wellthread, a process that pushes the envelope on sustainable design. It's meant to connect the dots between smart design, environmental practices and the well-being of the apparel workers who make the garments.
From materials sourcing to garment manufacturing to end-of-life, Levi's set out to create a replicable process for designing durable apparel that is restorative to the environment and the community where it is made. The result is a new line of men's khakis, jackets and T-shirts designed not only to be soft to the touch, but to leave a softer environmental and social footprint as well.
"How you make a garment is just as important as the garment itself," said Michael Kobori, vice president of social and environmental sustainability at Levi Strauss & Co., in a statement. The launch was tied to an event at the BSR Conference.
(Full disclosure: My firm, Green Impact, will work with Levi's on its sustainability communications later this month.)
Smarter design
While there is a lot of talk these days about how sustainability can drive innovation, the innovation lab has taken this concept to heart and allowed Paul Dillinger, senior director of design at Dockers Brand, permission to set out to design the most sustainable piece of apparel in the industry, within a sustainable business model. The initial vision for the Wellthread process (PDF) and pilot collection took shape as part of the Aspen Institute's First Movers Fellowship.
Embedding the creative constraints of sustainability into the design process from the start unlocked innovation and business value in the form of a more efficient and flexible production process.
"The design mind is still delighted by these creative challenges that are put to it," Dillinger said. "But if we put these guardrails on the activity, it actually has tremendous unlock in terms of business potential."
At the front end of the design process, he took into account considerations of social value, as well as looking at other leverage points for reducing environmental impact. Guided by one of Levi's core values to build sustainability into everything it does, combined with his willingness to ask ridiculous questions and tenacity to push the envelope on the manufacturing process, Dillinger said he birthed a new process that he believes will accelerate change.
"We wanted a tailored blazer made in a factory that invested in worker programs," reads the hangtag on the new Dockers Wellthread blazer. "But the machinery at the factory just made jean jackets not tailored blazers. So our designers and factories engineers utilized unprecedented collaboration and innovative techniques to create this blazer for you."
Environmental footprint
The Dockers design team and suppliers worked together to find ways to reduce water and energy use compared to conventional methods. This new process utilizes specialized garment-dyeing to reduce both water and energy consumption with cold-water pigment dyes for tops and salt-free reactive dyes for pants and jackets. In addition, the apparel is dyed in the factory, not in the mill – which allows for greater inventory agility because the garments are dyed to order.
The designers also considered responsible use and re-use with the end of the garment's life in mind. Though recycling facilities are not widely available, the company anticipates that one day they will be. Extremely long staples of cotton can be more easily recycled, so the brand developed a unique, long-staple yarn for its premium Wellthread twill. In addition, every garment in the collection uses 100 percent cotton, including in the thread and pocketing. The sundries include compressed cotton or metal that can be easily extracted by magnets. Using a drying cycle is tough on fabric and hard on the environment, so the design team also added care instructions to wash in cold, and a locker loop on the khakis to encourage line drying.
Worker well-being
The Dockers Wellthread khakis are made exclusively at one of the Improving Workers' Well-Being pilot sites. Improving Workers' Well-Being is a program for improving the finances and well-being of workers in Levi's supply chain in five core areas: economic empowerment; good health and family well-being; equality and acceptance; educational and professional development; and access to a safe and healthy environment. This is a small, yet important step in sending a direct message to suppliers—programs that improve the lives of factory workers are good business.
Andrea Moffat, VP of corporate programs for Ceres, wrote in a GreenBiz story in March that the pilot program was translating into action. One Bangladesh-based supplier "has launched several initiatives providing services such as food to expectant mothers, free medical care, free transportation to and from work, and awards for attendance and production, all of which are designed to improve the lives of their employees," she wrote.
Small to big
Levi's is taking the "go small to go big" approach, with the intention of proving the concept before deploying it on a grander scale, "to explore the results in terms of social and business value," the business-case study of Wellthread explains. "Wellthread will make its debut in the spring, and the company is exploring how future Dockers and Levi's collections can capitalize on the process."
Initially, the line will be sold online and in stores in Europe, not to U.S. consumers.
Other clothing makers are stepping up to improve worker conditions and environmental efforts, especially in the wake of fatal garment factory tragedies in Bangladesh over the past year. And Patagonia, known for its "responsible economy" campaign, last week announced plans to sell Fair Trade-certified clothing.
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Friday, April 3, 2009
The sight of any U.S. president literally bowing to British royalty is enough for many Americans to become outraged. However, the fact that the latest to do so is America's first black president made yesterday's exchange between Obama and the Queen of England even more troublesome.
Prior to meeting the Queen and her notoriously racist husband, Prince Philip, Obama announced that he "loves" her and that "in the imagination of people throughout America" the queen stands for "decency" and "civility".
How repugnantly ironic that the first black president of the so called "free world" should refer to the most entrenched prejudiced and elitist institution in Europe as an icon of "civility"!
How disgustingly deplorable that the president should call "decent" a bloodline that has for centuries declared itself as God's appointed rulers over half of the planet, killing, torturing and maiming anyone who crosses it in order to hold on to that mantle.
Reports also circulated regarding Obama practicing bowing and brushing up on courtly etiquette ahead of the meeting.
Traditional royal protocol dictates that men do a neck bow and women do a slight curtsy — though a handshake is considered acceptable as long as the queen offers her hand first, Politco reported.
When the President met the Queen in a room used to stage audiences with foreign dignitaries, Obama bowed his head and quietly said to her: "Thank you so much for having us" before turning to the Duke, bowing once more and adding: "It's a wonderful honour."
Michelle Obama curtsied to the Queen, however, later on she was treasonously caught inappropriately putting her hands on the glorious Monarch. The London Telegraph even issued a report on how the move was "a departure from what is considered appropriate protocol when meeting the Queen."
Perhaps the most revealing part of the meeting, however, came from the mouth of Prince Philip.
Just as I had predicted 30 minutes previously on the Alex Jones radio show, Philip could not contain his virulent xenophobia, even in front of the cameras and the press.
In the small talk, the Queen and the Prince asked the President and his wife about their grueling schedule since arriving late on Tuesday evening.
"The time lag," said the Queen
"You're just trying to stay awake!" said Philip.
Then the President told the Royals: "I had breakfast with the Prime Minister, I had meetings with the Chinese, the Russians, David Cameron…
"And I'm proud to say I did not nod off in one of the meetings."
A guffawing Prince Philip then blurted out: "Can you tell the difference between them?"
Apparently Barack Obama replied that he had no trouble telling them apart.
Then Philip, with a wave of his hand, directed the Obamas to turn around for the camera, to which the president nervously replied "of course".
The Obamas and the Queen managed an astonishing set of uncomfortable false smiles, while Philip didn't even bother attempting it.
The foursome then joined other world leaders in sipping champagne and devouring canapés, including mini Cornish pasties, smoked quails' eggs, foie gras and rolls of duck filled with melon.
Watch video of the cringe inducing exchange:
Prince Philip has made so many racist remarks in public, that they literally fill an entire book.
In 1984 he asked a Kenyan woman "You are a woman, aren't you?".
In 1986 he told British students in China "If you stay here much longer, you will go home with slitty eyes."
In 1998, during a tour of Papua New Guinea, he told another British student, "You managed not to get eaten then?"
While on a tour of a company near Edinburgh, Scotland, he saw a poorly wired fuse box. "It looks as though it was put in by an Indian," he remarked.
During a small town visit in Scotland, in a brief conversation with a driving instructor, he asked, "How do you keep the natives off the booze long enough to get them through the (road) test?"
In a 2002 visit to Australia, Prince Philip asked an Aborigine, "Still throwing spears?"
Also, he once told a group of deaf children standing near a Jamaican steel drum musician, "Deaf? If you are near there, no wonder you are deaf."
The list goes on and on. While the media often laugh the remarks off as "gaffes", they take on a more serious nature when Philip's background and the organizations he is involved with are more carefully examined.
It is well documented that Prince Philip's sister, Sophia, was married to Christopher of Hesse-Cassel, an SS colonel who named his eldest son Karl Adolf in Hitler's honour. Indeed, all four of Philip's sisters married high-ranking Nazis. The prospect of the former Nazis and Nazi sympathisers attending his 1947 wedding to the future Queen of England meant he was allowed to invite only two guests.
Two years ago, more revelations of Philip's Nazi links emerged in a book that featured never before published photographs of Philip aged 16 at the 1937 funeral of his elder sister Cecile, flanked by relatives in SS and Brownshirt uniforms.
Another picture shows his youngest sister, Sophia, sitting opposite Hitler at the wedding of Hermann and Emmy Goering. Philip was forced to concede that his family found Hitler's attempts to restore Germany's power and prestige 'attractive' and admitted they had 'inhibitions about the Jews'.
Philip also helped start the World Wildlife Fund with former Nazi SS Officer Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands, who is closely affiliated with the founders of the Bilderberg international power group.
In the past, Philip has also attended the ultra secretive ritualistic meeting of elites at Bohemian Grove, where he "stole the show" with an "amusing but salty speech" in 1962, according to the Grove's own literature (pictured below).
Philip was also trained in the Hilter Youth. His belief in Nazi ideology is clear when one looks at what he has said on the subject of overpopulation.
In the foreword to his 1986 book If I Were an Animal, Prince Philip wrote, "In the event that I am reincarnated, I would like to return as a deadly virus, in order to contribute something to solve overpopulation."
Borrowing the idea from American scientists who pioneered the field in the 1930's, the Nazis advanced the pseudo-science of eugenics and incorporated it into Adolf Hitler's dream of the Aryan super-race. Bearing in mind Philip's Nazi connections, his views on the subject of overpopulation are unsurprising, but shocking nonetheless.
Just last year he reiterated these views, announcing that there are too many people in the world, and attacking large families in a television interview, despite the fact that Prince Philip himself has four children and eight grandchildren.
His son, Charles, the next King of England, has continued such ideology as he tours the world in private jets lecturing about the impact of climate change and how too many people are killing the planet.
The royals' zeal to thin the population of undesirables has little to do with so-called "green credentials," as is fatuously argued by the corporate media.
As Alex Jones documents in his seminal documentary End Game, this mindset is endemic amongst the elite.
Skip to the bottom of this article for a vast selection of similar quotations from Philip, all advocating culling the "surplus" human population.
Racism within the Royal family is not restricted to Prince Philip, however.
In early 2005 Philip's grandson, Prince Harry, was forced to publicly apologise for donning full Nazi regalia including a badge of the German Wehrmacht and a swastika armband.
Pictures of Harry wearing the uniform were taken at a friend's birthday party in Wiltshire, which had the fancy dress theme "colonial and native".
Last year Harry was once again forced to issue an apology for referring to an Asian army colleague as "our little Paki friend" and joking with another that he "looks like a raghead", an offensive term for an Arab.
In the same week Harry's father and Philip's son, Prince Charles, caused another race row after it emerged that he had been calling an Asian friend by the nickname "Sooty".
In 2004 a rather disgusting story emerged in the U.S. media regarding Princess Michael of Kent, who is the wife of Queen Elizabeth's first cousin. Princess Michael's father, Baron Gunther von Reibnitz, was also exposed in the 1980s as a former Nazi party member and SS officer.
The Princess reportedly turned to a table of black New Yorkers in a busy restaurant and chided them for being noisy, adding "You need to go back to the colonies."
When asked to explain her comments by one of the diners the Princess reportedly said "I didn't say go back to the colonies, I said, Remember the colonies," adding that "In the days of the colonies there were rules that were very good."
Just think about it. A German-born British aristocrat — whose father was in the Nazi SS — in the United States telling African Americans who have been here for centuries to "remember the colonies"? The LA Times noted.
The late Queen mother was also said to be virulently racist by close aids, last year Edward Stourton, the presenter of the BBC's flagship radio program Today, described her as "a ghastly old bigot".
According to others, the Queen mother referred to black people as "nig-nogs" or "blackamoors", opposed all forms of immigration, and thought black Africans incapable of running their own countries. She backed white minority rule in Rhodesia and lamented that former apartheid leader P.W. Botha got bad press.
The Queen mother also criticised Lord Mountbatten, viceroy of India, "for giving away the empire" and his wife because "her mother was half-Jewish".
Despite all of this the media consistently referred to her the as "nation's favourite granny".
But it gets worse…
Before the war began the Queen Mother was a supporter of making concessions to Hitler and the Nazis, a feeling shared by a large number of British aristocrats who admired the way Hitler was dealing with the Communists.
For some 50 years royal documents were held in vaults at Windsor Castle that detailed the abdicated king Edward VIII's relations with Hitler and the Nazis. They included captured German documents describing the Windsors' meeting with Hitler in 1937 and plans to restore Edward, the Duke of Windsor to the throne if the Nazis won the war. Some of these documents still remain hidden from the public.
While many have described the Edward VIII and his wife as known sympathisers of the Nazis and their policies, relatives of Wallis Simpson, the American woman whom Edward had an affair with, and the reason for his abdication, have suggested that in fact Edward was excommunicated by the rest of the royal family because he wasn't friendly enough with the Nazis.
Throughout the Twenties and Thirties, George V and George VI were steadfastly opposed to conflict with their ancestral fatherland.
The modern royal family was founded in 1840 when Queen Victoria married Albert of Saxe-Coburg, a Germany duchy, creating The House of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. Such was the ill-feeling towards all things German during the First World War that in 1917 Victoria's grandson King George V – an honorary Field Marshal in the German army – thought it prudent to renounce the German name and titles and adopt that of Windsor, the name of a small town in the home counties of England.
Today many people in Britain suggest that all these facts are no long relevant because the royal family has very little power. This is a huge myth. The Queen is the head of state and as such she can simply replace the British government at any time she chooses, should she wish to do so. The royal family still owns vast swathes of land throughout Britain and the rest of the world, and the Queen still presides as head of state in Canada and Australia.
Prince Philip, In His Own Words: We Need To 'Cull' The Surplus Population
Here is a re-cap of some of the things "HIS ROYAL VIRUS", Prince Philip has said in public concerning "culling the population"
Reported by Deutsche Press Agentur (DPA), August, 1988.
In the event that I am reincarnated, I would like to return as a deadly virus, in order to contribute something to solve overpopulation.
Prince Philip, in his Foreward to If I Were an Animal; United Kingdom, Robin Clark Ltd., 1986.
I just wonder what it would be like to be reincarnated in an animal whose species had been so reduced in numbers than it was in danger of extinction. What would be its feelings toward the human species whose population explosion had denied it somewhere to exist…. I must confess that I am tempted to ask for reincarnation as a particularly deadly virus.
Press conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C. on the occasion of the "Caring for Creation" conference of the North American Conference on Religion and Ecology, May 18, 1990.
It is now apparent that the ecological pragmatism of the so-called pagan religions, such as that of the American Indians, the Polynesians, and the Australian Aborigines, was a great deal more realistic in terms of conservation ethics than the more intellectual monotheistic philosophies of the revealed religions.
Address on Receiving Honorary Degree from the University of Western Ontario, Canada, July 1, 1983.
For example, the World Health Organization Project, designed to eradicate malaria from Sri Lanka in the postwar years, achieved its purpose. But the problem today is that Sri Lanka must feed three times as many mouths, find three times as many jobs, provide three times the housing, energy, schools, hospitals and land for settlement in order to maintain the same standards. Little wonder the natural environment and wildlife in Sri Lanka has suffered. The fact [is] … that the best-intentioned aid programs are at least partially responsible for the problems.
Preface to Down to Earth by HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, 1988, p.|8.
I don't claim to have any special interest in natural history, but as a boy I was made aware of the annual fluctuations in the number of game animals and the need to adjust the "cull" to the size of the surplus population.
Lecture to the European Council of International Schools. Montreaux, Switzerland, Nov. 14, 1986.
The great difficulty about "life" is that we humans are part of it, and it is therefore almost impossible to study objectively…. It therefore tends to be anthropocentric and gives scant attention to the welfare of all the other life-forms which share this planet with us.
…When the Bible says that man shall have "dominion" over God's creation, the choice is between understanding dominion as in "having power over," or dominion as "having responsibility for."
"Conflict Between Instinct and Reason"
Fawley Foundation Lecture. Southampton University, Nov. 24, 1967.
The conflict between instinct and reason has reached a critical stage in man's affairs, largely because the explosion of facts has revealed the instincts for what they are and at the same time it has undermined traditional philosophies and ideologies. The explosion of facts has effectively altered mankind's physical and intellectual environment and when any environment changes, the process of natural selection is brutal and merciless. "Adapt or die" is as true today as it was in the beginning.
Introduction to "Exploitation of the Natural System" section of Down to Earth by HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, 1988.
It took about three and a half billion years for life on earth to reach the state of complexity and diversity that our ancestors knew as recently as 200 years ago. It has only taken industrial and scientific man those 200 years to put at risk the whole of the world's natural system. It has been estimated that by the year 2000, some 300,000 species of plants and animals will have become extinct, and that the natural economy, upon which all life depends, will have been seriously disrupted.
The paradox is that this will have been achieved with the best possible intentions. The human population must be properly fed, human life must be preserved and human existence must be made safer and more comfortable. All these things are obviously highly desirable, but if their achievement means putting the survival of future generations at risk, then there is a pressing obligation on present generations to apply some measure of self-restraint.
Address to Edinburgh University Union, Nov. 24 1969.
We talk about over- and underdeveloped countries; I think a more exact division might be between underdeveloped and overpopulated. The more people there are, the more industry and more waste and the more sewage there is, and therefore the more pollution.
The Fairfield Osborne Lecture, New York, Oct. 1 1980.
If the world pollution situation is not critical at the moment, it is as certain as anything can be that the situation will become increasingly intolerable within a very short time. The situation can be controlled, and even reversed; but it demands cooperation on a scale and intensity beyond anything achieved so far.
I realize that there are vital causes to be fought for, and I sympathize with people who work up a passionate concern about the all too many examples of inhumanity, injustice, and unfairness; but behind all this hangs a deadly cloud. Still largely unnoticed and unrecognized, the process of destroying our natural environment is gathering speed and momentum. If we fail to cope with the challenge, the other problems will pale into insignificance.
Introduction to "The Population Factor" section of Down to Earth by HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, 1988.
What has been described as the "balance of nature" is simply nature's system of self-limitation. Fertility and breeding success create the surpluses after allowing for the replacement of the losses. Predation, climatic variation, disease, starvation–and in the case of the inappropriately named Homo sapiens, wars and terrorism–are the principal means by which population numbers are kept under some sort of control.
Viewed dispassionately, it must be obvious that the world's human population has grown to such a size that it is threatening its own habitat; and it has already succeeded in causing the extinction of large numbers of wild plant and animal species. Some have simply been killed off. Others have quietly disappeared, as their habitats have been taken over or disturbed by human activities.
Humans are the Greatest Threat to Survival
Interview with HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in People Dec. 21, 1981 titled "Vanishing Breeds Worry Prince Philip, But Not as Much as Overpopulation."
Q: What do you consider the leading threat to the environment?
A: Human population growth is probably the single most serious long-term threat to survival. We're in for a major disaster if it isn't curbed–not just for the natural world, but for the human world. The more people there are, the more resources they'll consume, the more pollution they'll create, the more fighting they will do. We have no option. If it isn't controlled voluntarily, it will be controlled involuntarily by an increase in disease, starvation and war.
Address to the Joint Meeting of the All-Party Group on Population and Development and the All-Party Conservation Committee in London, March 11, 1987.
I do believe … that human population pressure–the sheer number of people on this planet–is the single most important cause of the degradation of the natural environment, of the progressive extinction of wild species of plants and animals, and of the destabilization of the world's climatic and atmospheric systems.
The simple fact is that the human population of the world is consuming natural renewable resources faster than it can regenerate, and the process of exploitation is causing even further damage. If this is already happening with a population of 4 billion, I ask you to imagine what things will be like when the population reaches six and then 10 billion…. All this has been made possible by the industrial revolution and the scientific explosion and it is spread around the world by the new economic religion of development.
Address at the Salford University Degree Ceremony, July 16, 1973.
There may be disagreements about the time scale, but in principle there can be little doubt that the population cannot go on increasing indefinitely. Resources presently being used will not last for ever and pollution in its broadest sense, unless severely checked, is bound to increase with population and industrial activity.
Address to All-Party Conservation Committee in London, Feb. 18, 1981.
I suspect that the single most important gift of progress to conservation has been the development of human contraception techniques.
The survival of the "most important"
Interview with HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, in People magazine, Dec. 21, 1981 titled "Vanishing Breeds Worry Prince Philip, But Not as Much as Overpopulation.
Q: Is birth control part of the solution?
A: Yes, but you can't legislate these problems away. You've got to get people to understand the need for it: the more important people, the ones who have responsibilities have got to do it because they're at the receiving end. They've got to accept the measures.
The Chancellor's Lecture, Salford University, June 4, 1982.
As long ago as 1798, Malthus explained what happens when the factors limiting the increase in any population are removed. One of the factors noticed by Darwin was that all species are capable of producing vastly greater populations than can be sustained by existing resources; populations did not increase at the rate at which they are capable was the basis for his theory of Evolution by Natural Selection.
The relevance to natural selection of this capacity for overproduction is that as each individual is slightly different to all the others it is probable that under natural conditions those individuals which happen to be best adapted to the prevailing circumstances have a better chance of survival. Well, so what? Well, take a look at the figures for the human population of this world. One hundred fifty years ago it stood at about 1,000 million or in common parlance today, 1 billion. It then took about a 100 years to double to 2 billion. It took 30 years to add the third billion and 15 years to reach today's total of 4.4 billion. With a present world average rate of growth of 1.8%, the total population by the year 2000 will have increased to an estimated 6 billion and in that and in subsequent years 100 million people will be added to the world population each year. In fact it could be as much as 16 billion by 2045. As a consequence the demand on resources of land alone will mean a third less farm land available and the destruction of half of the present area of productive tropical forest. Bearing in mind the constant reduction of non-renewable resources, there is a strong possibility of growing scarcity and reduction of standards. More people consume more resources. It is as simple as that; and transferring resources and standards from the richer to the poorer countries can only have a marginal effect in the face of this massive increase in the world population.
Speech at the Margaret Pyke Memorial Trust Dinner in London, Dec. 14 1983.
So long as they [birth control methods] … remained taboo subjects the chances of making any impression on the human population explosion were that much more remote.
In the introduction to the IUCN Red Data Books which list all animals and plants under threat of extinction, it says that virtually everywhere the major threat to a wild species is loss of habitat to a rapidly increasing human population requiring more space in order to build villages and cities and grow more food. But starvation and poverty cannot be eradicated solely by increased food and resources at the expense of what remains of the natural world. Any increase in the provision of food and resources must be accompanied by a drastic reduction in the rate of increase in the human population.
Address on Receiving Honorary Degree from the University of Western Ontario, Canada, July 1, 1983.
The industrial revolution sparked the scientific revolution and brought in its wake better public hygiene, better medical care and yet more efficient agriculture. The consequence was a population explosion which still continues today.
The sad fact is that, instead of the same number of people being very much better off, more than twice as many people are just as badly off as they were before. Unfortunately all this well-intentioned development has resulted in an ecological disaster of immense proportions.
The Chancellor's Lecture, Salford University, June 4, 1982.
The object of the WWF is to "conserve" the system as a whole; not to prevent the killing of individual animals. Those who are concerned about their conservation of nature accept that all species are prey to some other species. They accept that most species produce a surplus that is capable of being culled without in any way threatening the survival of the species as a whole.
A Question of Balance by HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Michael Russel (Publishing) Ltd., 1982.
It is curious how many philosophers from Plato to Keynes' time have believed in and advocated the control of society by "philosopher kings." According to Plato, "its kings must be those who have shown the greatest ability in philosophy," but–realistically–he added, "and the greatest aptitude for war." Such people may exist in the imagination and occasionally someone with the necessary qualities may briefly dominate the stage of history, but it is a naive appreciation of human nature to imagine that such processed paragons can be invested with the necessary powers and not be tempted to take advantage of their situation.
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The second annual address in the World Christian Lecture Series at Hope College will examine pursuing interfaith dialogue from a Christian perspective.
Dr. Samuel Wells, who is dean of Duke University Chapel and research professor of Christian ethics at Duke Divinity School, will present "'Not even in Israel have I found such faith': A Christian Vision for Faith among Other Faiths" on Friday, Sept. 25, at 7:30 p.m. in Dimnent Memorial Chapel.
While in Holland, he will also preach on Sunday, Sept. 27, at 11 a.m. during worship at Third Reformed Church, and during the college's "The Gathering" worship service in Dimnent Memorial Chapel at 8 p.m.
The public is invited to the events. Admission is free.
The World Christian Lecture Series, which debuted in 2008, has been established to invite recognized Christian thinkers and practitioners who are leaders in their respective disciplines and areas of expertise to join with the Hope and Holland communities in exploring issues, themes and ideas that face Christians in the world. The annual fall series has been developed with the intention to feature a mix of speakers that can include Christian scholars, artists, preachers, politicians, and industry and church leaders.
The series is coordinated by the campus ministries office at Hope. Trygve Johnson, who is the Hinga-Boersma Dean of the Chapel at the college, noted that Wells "is an engaging and winsome speaker, and personally one of my favorite preachers."
"As Dean of the Chapel at Duke, Dr. Wells has had extensive opportunity to think about the importance of how Christians engage differences of faith traditions in a global society, while at the same time not resorting to reducing the claims of the Christian faith to the lowest common denominator," Johnson said. "This lecture will prove to be a provocative evening that will sharpen as well as deepen our own reflection of interfaith conversations at Hope College."
Wells has spoken at Hope before. In January 2007 he presented the opening keynote address for the college's biennial Veritas Forum, a four-day event that considered the challenges presented by modern-day idolatry.
An ordained priest in the Anglican Church, Wells is the author of several books, including "Improvisation: The Drama of Christian Ethics" and, most recently, "Speaking the Truth: Preaching in a Pluralistic Culture." He has also written many articles published in academic and popular journals.
He has been dean of Duke University Chapel and research professor of Christian ethics at DukeDivinitySchool since the summer of 2005. His responsibilities include preaching at the majority of the 11 a.m. Sunday services, leading worship, interacting with and praying for all levels of the university - leaders, faculty, administrators, students and staff along with religious life groups and the congregation. His work also entails lifting up the connections between Christian faith and theology and the pressing issues of the day, and making the chapel and the poorest neighborhoods of Durham visible to one another.
Wells was born in Chatham, Ontario, Canada and grew up in England in a village between Bath and Bristol, about 100 miles west of London. He graduated from MertonCollege, Oxford, with an M.A. in modern history, from Edinburgh University with a B.D. in systematic theology, and from DurhamUniversity with a Ph.D. in Christian Ethics. His dissertation was titled "How the Church Performs Jesus' Story."
Before training for ordination, he was a community worker in inner-city Liverpool. From 1991 to 2005 he served in parish ministry in the Church of England. He was assistant curate in Wallsend, North Tyneside and in Cherry Hinton, Cambridge, before being incumbent at St. Elizabeth's North Earlham, Norwich, and then St. Mark's Newnham, Cambridge.
While in Norwich he helped to establish and was for several years vice chair of the North Earlham, Larkman and Marlpit Development Trust, the first organization in the East of England devoted to community-led urban regeneration. He also established a non-profit organization offering disadvantaged children opportunities to discover wonder and joy through creative play. He ran a number of soccer teams and was a regular speaker on local radio.
He is married to Jo Bailey Wells, who is a former dean of ClareCollege, Cambridge and is now director of Anglican Studies at DukeDivinitySchool, and they have two children.
Dimnent Memorial Chapel is located at 277 College Ave., on College Avenue at 12th Street. Third Reformed Church is located at 111 W. 13th St., on 13th Street at Pine Avenue.


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This article is about Sonic the Hedgehog's appearance in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. For other uses, see Sonic the Hedgehog.
|This speedy fighter has a lot of rush-type attacks. His Final Smash, Super Sonic, let's him fly around the stage at an incredible speed!
|—Description from the Super Smash Blog.
Sonic the Hedgehog is a veteran fighter in the upcoming Super Smash Bros. Ultimate. He was confirmed to return on June 12, 2018, during Nintendo Live at E3 2018. His design is based on his recent 3d appearances.
Changes from SSBWU/3DS
- Sonic now takes damage when swimming in water.
Ground Attacks
- Sonic's dash attack has changed from a rolling kick into a simple kick.
Aerial Attacks
Grabs and Throws
Special Attacks
- Spin Dash cannot be cancelled into shield anymore.
- Homing Attack now shows a reticle around the opponent it is targeting.
- Sonic's Final Smash, Super Sonic, is no longer controllable; instead, Sonic rapidly flies diagonally across the screen, ascending and descending his flight trajectory.
Ground Attacks
- Neutral Attack:
- Forward Tilt:
- Up Tilt:
- Down Tilt:
- Dash Attack:
Smash Attacks
- Forward Smash:
- Up Smash:
- Down Smash:
Other attacks
- Floor Attack (Front):
- Floor Attack (Back):
- Floor Attack (Trip):
- Ledge Attack:
Aerial Attacks
- Neutral aerial:
- Forward aerial:
- Back aerial:
- Up aerial:
- Down aerial:
Grabs and Throws
- Pummel:
- Forward Throw:
- Back Throw:
- Up Throw:
- Down Throw:
Special Moves
- Up Taunt: Does a front flip, while putting in his iconic pose from Sonic Adventure.
- Down Taunt: Starts doing a breakdancing move and says "Come on!"
- Side Taunt: Starts running in place saying "Sonic speed!"
On-Screen Appearance
Does a homing attack onto the screen, and does his brawl pose.
Idle Poses
- Taps his foot, a reference to his iconic idle pose.
- Does his iconic finger wag pose.
Victory Poses
- Runs off-screen and on-screen and does a thumbs up while saying That was almost too easy.
- Runs to get the blue chaos emerald and says Piece of cake.
- Starts doing a breakdancing move while saying Lets do that again some time.
In competitive play
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"Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve." ― Napoleon Hill,
A REIT, or Real Estate Investment Trust, is a company that owns or finances income-producing real estate. Modeled after mutual funds, REITs provide investors of all types regular income streams, diversification and long-term capital appreciation. REITs typically pay out all of their taxable income as dividends to shareholders. In turn, shareholders pay the income taxes on those dividends.
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text: HUNGARIAN PA-63 IN 9MM MAK Guns Pistols Surplus Pistols Copies Star mm Model BM Compact Israeli Police VG Exc Colt Officer s ACP Ancestor PD type Blue Steel Shot BM BM Spain Echeverria | 676 | 106 | Lc | 46.8646ms View Category Star 9mm Model BM 9 Compact Israeli Police 1980 VG-Exc Colt Officer's ACP Ancestor PD type Blue Steel 9 Shot BM9 BM-9 Spain Echeverria For Sale from Robertson Trading Post | Positive feedback: 99% View | Verified Seller | 25509 Completed Sales View Sellers Items /UserImages/87270/944106814 3051335.jpg https://www.gunsamerica.com/UserImages/87270/944106814/wm_3051335.jpg https://www.gunsamerica.com/UserImages/87270/944106814/wm_sm_3051335.jpg https://www.gunsamerica.com/UserImages/87270/944106814/wm_3051335.jpg https://www.gunsamerica.com/UserImages/87270/944106814/wm_3051335.jpg /UserImages/87270/944106814 3051336.jpg https://www.gunsamerica.com/UserImages/87270/944106814/wm_3051336.jpg https://www.gunsamerica.com/UserImages/87270/944106814/wm_sm_3051336.jpg https://www.gunsamerica.com/UserImages/87270/944106814/wm_3051336.jpg https://www.gunsamerica.com/UserImages/87270/944106814/wm_3051336.jpg /UserImages/87270/944106814 3051337.jpg https://www.gunsamerica.com/UserImages/87270/944106814/wm_3051337.jpg https://www.gunsamerica.com/UserImages/87270/944106814/wm_sm_3051337.jpg https://www.gunsamerica.com/UserImages/87270/944106814/wm_3051337.jpg https://www.gunsamerica.com/UserImages/87270/944106814/wm_3051337.jpg /UserImages/87270/944106814 3051338.jpg https://www.gunsamerica.com/UserImages/87270/944106814/wm_3051338.jpg https://www.gunsamerica.com/UserImages/87270/944106814/wm_sm_3051338.jpg https://www.gunsamerica.com/UserImages/87270/944106814/wm_3051338.jpg https://www.gunsamerica.com/UserImages/87270/944106814/wm_3051338.jpg /UserImages/87270/944106814 3051339.jpg https://www.gunsamerica.com/UserImages/87270/944106814/wm_3051339.jpg https://www.gunsamerica.com/UserImages/87270/944106814/wm_sm_3051339.jpg https://www.gunsamerica.com/UserImages/87270/944106814/wm_3051339.jpg https://www.gunsamerica.com/UserImages/87270/944106814/wm_3051339.jpg /UserImages/87270/944106814 3051340.jpg https://www.gunsamerica.com/UserImages/87270/944106814/wm_3051340.jpg https://www.gunsamerica.com/UserImages/87270/944106814/wm_sm_3051340.jpg https://www.gunsamerica.com/UserImages/87270/944106814/wm_3051340.jpg https://www.gunsamerica.com/UserImages/87270/944106814/wm_3051340.jpg /UserImages/87270/944106814 3051341.jpg https://www.gunsamerica.com/UserImages/87270/944106814/wm_3051341.jpg https://www.gunsamerica.com/UserImages/87270/944106814/wm_sm_3051341.jpg https://www.gunsamerica.com/UserImages/87270/944106814/wm_3051341.jpg https://www.gunsamerica.com/UserImages/87270/944106814/wm_3051341.jpg /UserImages/87270/944106814 3051342.jpg https://www.gunsamerica.com/UserImages/87270/944106814/wm_3051342.jpg https://www.gunsamerica.com/UserImages/87270/944106814/wm_sm_3051342.jpg https://www.gunsamerica.com/UserImages/87270/944106814/wm_3051342.jpg https://www.gunsamerica.com/UserImages/87270/944106814/wm_3051342.jpg /UserImages/87270/944106814 3051343.jpg https://www.gunsamerica.com/UserImages/87270/944106814/wm_3051343.jpg https://www.gunsamerica.com/UserImages/87270/944106814/wm_sm_3051343.jpg https://www.gunsamerica.com/UserImages/87270/944106814/wm_3051343.jpg https://www.gunsamerica.com/UserImages/87270/944106814/wm_3051343.jpg Description: This pistol is NOT C&R Eligible.From its 1,516,000 range serial number and from its Z 1 date code, this Star model BM Pistol was manufactured in 1980. Star, Bonifacio Echeverria S.A. of Eibar, Spain quickly caught the attention of Europe, the Middle East, and even the United States with their excellent quality pistols that went into production in 1934. Israeli Defense Forces had this one's ancestor, the Star Model B, as one of their sidearms during the War for Independence in 1948. This Compact variant served with distinction in the Mishteret Y'Israel, the Israeli Civilian Police in Jerusalem District, a 20,000 officer strong agency that has seen considerable latitude in its issue weapons. This particular specimen's slide is marked CSP, so it was issued to a ranking officer most likely. Its only alien marking is required by US Law, the importer stamp PW Arms Redmond WA on the left forward side of the frame. The Star BM Compact Variant went online in 1972, some time before Detonics invented their compact; while Smith & Wesson Compacts were only to be had through the Devel Company. And Colt, who followed suit only some 15 years later with their Officer's ACP, was nowhere in the league at the time. Specs are all steel construction single action semi-auto pistol chambered in 9mm Parabellum, 9mm Luger, 9x19, call it what you will, THE 9mm. John Moses Browning's influence is evident from the photos, a descendant of his Model of 1911. The Echeverria Brothers left off Browning's somewhat complicated Grip Safety, so the grip frame backstrap is smooth finished blue steel. The main safety engages in a well defined slot on the left side of the slide, and the main safety functions in two positions, both with the hammer back on cocked-and-locked carry, and with the hammer down in resting position. The safety lever also engages into a disassembly position midways of the slide. This pistol is not equipped with a firing pin safety, hence its stiff but crisp 6 pound vicinity trigger pull with negligible felt creep. Barrel bushing is distinctive, Tokarev style, and it anchors both the barrel securely into place and also anchors the one piece hardened steel guide rod. The rod is constructed both to ensure exceptional accuracy, and for easy disassembly and reassembly due to it housing its spring integrally, another ancestral feature that Detonics picked up on a few years later. Magazine is blue steel Star Factory, and capacity is 8 + 1 rounds of 9mm Luger. Sights are blue steel low profile combat, notched dovetailed rear and stake on steel ramp front. Weight empty is 34.2 ounces, balanced at the magazine release area of the trigger guard. Slide is serrated rear sight external extractor and grooved top. Barrel is 3 5/8 inches. Trigger is .312 white sides with blued serrated face, and hammer is matching traditional serrated medium spur .312. Measurements are 6 7/8 inches from the muzzle to the rear of the frame strut; 5 inches from the top of the rear sight to the butt edge of the grip frame; .704 inch frame thickness and .838 inch slide thickness. Grip panels are factory issue black checkered composite, and custom grips are widely available and reasonably priced. This specimen of the Star BM 9 is well maintained, and its surface detractions are minimal to moderate, only faint amounts of edge whitening, and light toning at places on the un-blued surfaces. We classify it as Very Good, close to Excellent, since no more than 10 to 15 percent of its surfaces are affected in our estimation; photos, however, ought to suffice for our distinguished shoppers to judge finish grade for themselves. It is Excellent mechanically; bore, chamber, and mechanism are all bright, clean, and excellent. Replacement pricing for anything similar, none of it Spanish, is in the $500 - $1000 range on this type pistol. We're offering the Spanish – Israeli Star BM 9 in the photos, however, for only $ 329.00. Not transferable to civilians in California, District of Colombia Read More Condition: Used, Minor Wear Caliber: 9mm Luger Location: TN Trades Accepted: We Buy, Sell, or Trade; we always have. Read More Don't let your buddies use your account. Registered user must be the buyer, with his or her own money. Buying firearms and related items for other people can result in felony charges. Don't try, either, to circumvent any law; for example, a California civilian may not buy a high capacity magazine and have it shipped to his brother-in-law in Nevada. That is a felony. GA Pay buyers are NOT charged until we confirm we have the item and are ready to ship it. The same thing is true for phone-in, fax-in, and mail-in payments. In this respect, and in several others, Guns America outshines all its competitors. This is the best firearms website there is, hands down. Shipping Notes: $10 lower 48; $30 AK, HI, PR, USPS Priority. 7 day money back on used items, but No Returns on NIB, Lay-away, or Ammo. Lay-away OK, 20% down, 90 days to pay. We Buy, Sell, or Trade; we always have. Read More Share Item Item #: 944106814 Stock No.: HG1179 Robertson Trading Post Seller Since: Jul. 2007 Identity Verified ( Henderson, TN ) Trusted Seller This seller is an FFL City: Henderson State: TN Price: SOLD (Price reflects 3% cash discount.) This Seller Accepts Online Payment Shipping: $10.00 Accepted Payment Methods: Returns: 7 Days Your Recently Viewed Items


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It is Stream of Consciousness Saturday time again. This weeks prompt is "Pant." Linda Hill says we can use it alone or part of another word. If you would like to participate, go to Linda's blog and read how. Here is the link. https://lindaghill.com/2017/08/18/the-friday-reminder-and-prompt-for-socs-aug-1917/
Pant by John W. Howell © 2017
"Are you telling me the new occupants of our rental apartment are a bunch of pantomiming pantywaists?"
"Yeah, they are mimes. Don't get your panties in a bunch."
"Hey watch it. I don't wear panties."
"It is an expression. Any participant in civil discourse knows that."
"You saying I'm dumb?"
"No. I'm saying your lack of sophistication runs rampant through your understanding of things."
"Hmm. Sounds like a flippant remark to me."
"Whoa. You just surprised the pants off of me."
"They are still on."
"Whoops back to a social nonparticipant."
"The expression had nothing to do with pants on or off."
"Yeah, I get that. Sometimes I wish a wild animal would come along and bite you."
"Any in mind?"
"Given this discussion, I would say a panther."


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Thanks for creating this tool! It has the potential to really help me with a project.
But I'm running into what I think is a problem. I drop the GoMax.mzp into the MAX window, click on the settings because I also want to import textures (the Zbrush Tool has a PolyPaint texture). I check "Diffuse Map". Then hit the import from Zbrush to MAX button.
Then all I get is a constantly cycling "Awaiting Zbrush Export to finish" dialog at the bottom of my MAX screen. It seems to cycle indefinitely. I see no changes anywhere in either the MAX screen or the Zbrush screen.
It's important that I get the Polypaint texture for this project, and I tried GoZ, and though it gave me great piece of geometry in MAX, I did not get any textures with it.
Anyone have any ideas?


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Penn State, Ohio State play in 'Battle of the Banned'
Miller and No. 9 Ohio St beat Penn St 35-23
Braxton Miller was his usual self, running for 134 yards and accounting for three touchdowns a week after getting knocked out of a game, leading No. 9 Ohio State to a 35-23 victory against Penn State on Saturday.
Ryan Shazier returned an interception 17 yards for a score early in the third quarter that gave the Buckeyes (9-0, 5-0 Big Ten) the lead for good, and the Nittany Lions (5-3, 3-1) had their five-game winning streak snapped in a matchup of the Big Ten's bowl-banned perennial powers.
Miller missed the fourth quarter against Purdue after a hard tackle sent him to the hospital with a case of whiplash. He declared himself good to go by the midweek.
Was he ever. The Heisman campaign can resume.
The sophomore quarterback reached 100 yards rushing for the sixth time this season, carrying 25 times, and only avoiding contact when it was convenient.


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Car fans are a tough bunch to shop for around the holidays. They have allegiances. They're particular. They can be impossible to please.
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Today, more and more car fans are hitting the virtual race track to get their jollies. It makes a lot of sense to us. For one, they don't have to worry about an expensive repair bill when they inevitably crash off into a ditch or another car. A Zonda/Veyron crash in real life could make someone suicidal.
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